We identified three focus areas where we believe we can make the biggest difference and drive industry-wide change. These global priorities represent areas where we are using our science, size and global relationships across our value chains to seek and create shared opportunity for Dow and society. Climate protection: Addressing climate change is one of the major challenges to achieving a sustainable future. As both a major user of energy and a producer of technologies that are essential to a lower-carbon economy, we have a responsibility to act. We’re committed to working with our suppliers, customers and value chain partners to ensure Dow’s ecosystem is carbon neutral by 2050. Circular economy: Transitioning to a circular economy is not only vital to the preservation and protection of our planet’s natural resources, but also to the success of businesses at Dow. As we transform to a circular economy, we are taking into account a product’s lifecycle – from creation to use to disposal – in everything we do and create. Safer materials: A sustainable future can’t be achieved without considering chemistry – the foundation upon which countless products are built. Because more than 96% of the world’s manufactured goods are enabled by chemistry, it has unlimited potential to bring value to our society and the environment. At Dow, we envision a future where every product we bring to market is sustainable.